Railway-car seat



(No Model.)

J. C. MITCHELL. RAILWAY CAB. SEAT.

No. 444,132. Patented Jan. 6, 189.1.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICE.

JAMES C. MITCHELL, OF LANCASTER, NEI/V HAMPSHIRE, VASSIGNOR OE TWO- THIRDS TO WILLIAM C. SMITH, OE BERLIN FALLS, NEIV HAMPSHIRE, AND FRANK B. BRIDGES, OE BETI-IEL, MAINE.

RAI LWAY-CAR S EAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,132, dated January 6, 1891.

Application led February 18, 1890. Serial No. 340,861. (No model.)

To all whom it 'may concern: the cushion of the seat. By swinging the Be it known that I, JAMES C. MITCHELL, a back E on the pivots of the Wheels F, so as citizen of the United States, residing at Lanto carry the Wheels G out of the depressions o caster, in the countyof Coos and State of New b, as represented in dotted lines in said Eig.

5 Hampshire, have invented certain new and 3, the back will be maintained in an inclined useful Improvement-s in Railway-Car Seats; position, the face of the Wheels G bearing and I do declare the following to be a full, against the bottom edge of the rails C and clear, and exact description of the invention, securely sustaining the back in said position. 55 such as will enable others skilled in the art to From the foregoing it will be seen that by IO which it appertains to make and use the same, lny improvement the back E is moved from reference being had to the accompanying one side of the seat to the other side Without drawings, and to the letters of reference turning said back over as usual. Consemarked thereon, which form a part of this quently there is no liability of breakage 6o specification. of the parts, and the frequent loss arising 1;, Figure l is a vertical and longitudinal secfrom breaking of the arms fixed to the back tion, Fig. 2 an end View, and Eig. 3 a vertical and pivoted to the seat-frames or the breakand transverse section, of a railway-car seat ing of the stops projecting from said frames provided with my invention. and against which said arms rest when sup- 65 The object of Inyinvention is to provide a porting the back is effectually prevented.

2O railway-car seat, the back of which can be The loss referred to results from the carelessreadily shifted from one side of the seat to ness of persons when turning the seat-back the other side Without turning the said back over in letting it fall of its ovt'n Weight against over in the usual manner, and thus to overthe stops, to avoid which it is now customary 7o come the loss arising` from breakage of the to provide each seat with looks to prevent the arms, or of the stops against which said arms back from being turned over by passengers.

bear when at rest, or the frames from which By providing the seats of oars With my insaid stops project, which breakage often revention the expense of furnishing locks Will sults under the old system of constructing also be saved. 75 car-seats. I make no claim to anything shown in the The nature of my invention is defined in patent granted to A. M. White for railwaythe claim hereinafter presented. car seat on July let, 1868, No. 80,0ll.

In the drawings, A represents a railway-car "What I claim isseat, to the end frames B B of which are fixed In a railway-car seat, the end frames, each 8o rails C and D, which are each provided with provided with rails C and D, substantially depressions a. d or b b at their ends, as repparallel, each rail provided With a bearing or resented. depression near its ends, said bearings in the To the ends of the back E of the seat are rails C extending beyond those in the rails D, pivoted Wheels F and G, Which roll on said in combination with the back, having Wheels 85 railsandsupportsaidback While being moved E and G pivoted to each end of it, which, 4o from one side of the seat to the other side, with said rails, support said back with relaand also when resting in the said depressions tion to the seat, as explained.

sustain said back in position for use. In testimonywhereof I affix my signaturein When the back of the seat is in position presence of two Witnesses. for the occupant of it to sit upright, the Wheels .I AMES C. MITCHELL. E are in the depressions a of the rail C and the W'itnesses:

wheels G are in the depressions b of the rail S. N. PIPER,

D, and the bottom edge of the back bears on IVM. II. PRESTON. 

